# NTSB CEN25LA017: Beech 58, N4203A, Shreveport, LA, October 16, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 16, 2024, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Shreveport, LA · runway
- Coordinates: 32.540822, -93.743835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5408&lon=-93.7438&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195336/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195336
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA017

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadvertent failure to lower the landing gear before touching down.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)
- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 58, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the flight was routine until landing, when for some reason he neglected to lower the landing gear. The airplane landed on the runway wheels up and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He added that minimizing distractions and complacency might have prevented the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4203A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4203A), registered now, S/N TH-22, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-22
- Year built: 1970
- Airframe hours: 5338
- Engines: Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: Gulf States Air Inc, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner: Gulf States Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 2024, 124 hours before
- Departed: NEW, New Orleans, LA
- Destination: DTN, Shreveport, LA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: DTN, Shreveport Downtown, runway 5, 4,198 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 13,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 12,000 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.32 inHg
- Observed at: KDTN
- METAR: SPECI KDTN 162146Z 07009G15KT 10SM CLR 21/M02 A3032

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20241016019359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241016019359A), Oct 16, 2024: Beech 58, Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed at shv airport, runway 5 without lowering the landing gear. Pilot error. Aircraft significantly damaged. Belly damaged, gear doors damaged and…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 19, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195336. 7.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 6.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17835663&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Rpt%20--%20CEN25LA017_redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photos (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 985 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17836121&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photos%20--%20CEN25LA017-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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